The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! If you missed it, check out Cheryl Macdonald’s review of Terry Ryan’s book Tales of a First-Round Nothing: My Life as an NHL Footnote. [Hockey in Society] A great read from Clare Austin on women hockey writers and the…

The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. After a brief hiatus, we are back to posting this feature weekly. Enjoy! “How the Kings alienated victims of abuse with a business move”. An important read from Katie Flynn on the Los Angeles Kings inconsistent handling of Slava Voynov’s…

The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. After a brief hiatus, we are back to posting this feature weekly. Enjoy! We have had some great new posts at Hockey in Society over the past few weeks. Firstly, check out new contributor Heather Isnor’s piece on parental rink…

Editor’s Note: This piece was first published on June 26, 2014 ahead of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. With the 2015 draft approaching this Friday, it was decided to repost the article given its continuing relevance. In its preview of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, The Hockey News features a Matt Larkin article entitled “Rising…

The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! While the CWHL is currently the top elite circuit for women’s hockey, there was a lot of buzz the past week about the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL), which launched eight days ago. It will play its first season…

The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! An interesting look at how NHL culture is shifting and how this is contributing to a decline in fighting and the enforcer role. [Globe and Mail] Rick Westhead reports that a group of former players suing the NHL over…

The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Rest in peace Matthew Wuest, founder of the popular and impactful website Cap Geek. Matthew passed away from cancer this week. [Puck Daddy] If you missed Vicky Grygar’s open letter to CHL President David Branch about the compensation of…